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US 12,557,912 B1Granted
Height-adjustable seat
OwnerMarcus Pendletoninventor
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Abstract
A height-adjustable seat, which may be used for meditation, is provided that is height adjustable to position a user closer to a floor as the user gains flexibility and position the user further from the floor in case of injury. The height-adjustable seat includes a pivotal frame having a first upper cross bar and a spaced apart second upper cross bar. A sling seat is suspended between the cross bars and is adjustable in width to raise and lower the height of the sling seat relative to the floor. The sling seat includes a free, first end and a fixed, second end. The second end is connected to the second upper cross bar of the frame and the first end is releasably engageable with a lower surface or side of the sling seat.
Claims20
An adjustable seat, allowing a user to sit closer to a floor as the user gains flexibility or to otherwise adjust a seating distance of the user with respect to the floor, the adjustable seat comprising:
- a seat frame comprising a first upper cross bar and a second upper cross bar arranged in parallel and spaced-apart relationship with one another, wherein the seat frame is adjustable such that the first upper cross bar and the second upper cross bar are selectively positionable in a plurality of different height adjustments with respect to the floor and at which the first and second upper cross bars are arranged at a respective, plurality of different separations with respect to one another;
- a connection system;
- and
- a sling seat having opposite first and second sides and opposite first and second ends, the second end secured to the second upper cross bar of the seat frame and the first end wrappable around the first upper cross bar of the seat frame and selectively and disconnectably attachable to the second side of the sling seat at a plurality of different connection positions along the second side by the connection system, and further wherein an area of the first side arranged between the first upper cross bar and the second upper cross bar provides a seating surface;
- wherein
- the first and second cross bars are securable at each height adjustment of the plurality of different height adjustments and at a respective separation of the plurality of different separations by wrapping the first end of the sling seat around the first upper cross bar, adjusting the distance between the first and second upper cross bars to the respective separation and attaching the first end of the sling seat to the second side of the sling seat at a respective connection position of the plurality of different connection positions.
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An adjustable seat, allowing a user to sit closer to a floor as the user gains flexibility or to otherwise adjust a seating distance of the user with respect to the floor, the adjustable seat comprising:
- a seat frame comprising:
- first and second sets of crossed legs, the first set of crossed legs comprising first and second legs pivotably connected to one another about a rotation axis, the second set of crossed legs comprising first and second legs pivotably connected to one another about the rotation axis, and
- a first upper cross bar and a second upper cross bar arranged in parallel and spaced-apart relationship with one another, wherein the first upper cross bar extends between the first legs of the first and second sets of crossed legs and the second upper cross bar extends between the second legs of the first and second sets of crossed legs, wherein
- the first upper cross bar and the second upper cross bar are selectively positionable in a plurality of different height adjustments with respect to the floor by pivoting the first and second legs of the first set of crossed legs and the first and second legs of the second set of crossed legs about the rotation axis, wherein, at said plurality of different height adjustments of the first and second upper cross bars the first and second upper cross bars are arranged at a respective, plurality of different separations with respect to one another;
- a connection system;
- and
- a sling seat having opposite first and second sides and opposite first and second ends, the second end permanently secured to the second upper cross bar of the seat frame and the first end wrappable around the first upper cross bar of the seat frame and selectively and disconnectably attachable to the second side of the sling seat at a plurality of different connection positions along the second side by the connection system, and further wherein an area of the first side arranged between the first upper cross bar and the second upper cross bar provides a seating surface;
- wherein
- the first and second cross bars are securable at each height adjustment of the plurality of different height adjustments and at a respective separation of the plurality of different separations by wrapping the first end of the sling seat around the first upper cross bar, adjusting the distance between the first and second upper cross bars to the respective separation and attaching the first end of the sling seat to the second side of the sling seat at a respective connection position of the plurality of different connection positions.
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An adjustable seat, allowing a user to sit closer to a floor as the user gains flexibility or to otherwise adjust a seating distance of the user with respect to the floor, the adjustable seat comprising:
- a seat frame comprising:
- first and second sets of crossed legs, the first set of crossed legs comprising first and second legs pivotably connected to one another about a rotation axis, the second set of crossed legs comprising first and second legs pivotably connected to one another about the rotation axis, and
- a first upper cross bar and a second upper cross bar arranged in parallel and spaced-apart relationship with one another, wherein the first upper cross bar extends between upper ends of the first legs of the first and second sets of crossed legs and the second upper cross bar extends between upper ends of the second legs of the first and second sets of crossed legs, wherein
- the first upper cross bar and the second upper cross bar are selectively positionable in a plurality of different height adjustments with respect to the floor by pivoting the first and second legs of the first set of crossed legs and the first and second legs of the second set of crossed legs about the rotation axis, wherein, at said plurality of different height adjustments of the first and second upper cross bars the first and second upper cross bars are arranged at a respective, plurality of different separations with respect to one another;
- a connection system;
- and
- a sling seat having opposite first and second sides and opposite first and second ends, the second end permanently secured to the second upper cross bar of the seat frame and the first end wrappable around the first upper cross bar of the seat frame and selectively and disconnectably attachable to the second side of the sling seat at a plurality of different connection positions along the second side by the connection system, and further wherein an area of the first side arranged between the first upper cross bar and the second upper cross bar provides a seating surface;
- wherein
- the first and second cross bars are securable at each height adjustment of the plurality of different height adjustments and at a respective separation of the plurality of different separations by wrapping the first end of the sling seat around the first upper cross bar, adjusting the distance between the first and second upper cross bars to the respective separation and attaching the first end of the sling seat to the second side of the sling seat at a respective connection position of the plurality of different connection positions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.